FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- J. Larry Jameson has been named president and chief executive officer of Pirelli Cables North America, with responsibility for the organization's operations throughout the United States and Canada.
Jameson was formerly president of BASF Corporation's Coatings and Colorants Division based in Clifton, N.J. Prior to joining BASF in 1986, he served the Inmont Division of United Technologies Corp. in various executive positions in the United States, France and England.
Pirelli Cables North America has operations in New Jersey, South Carolina, California, Washington state, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. It is a major unit of the worldwide Pirelli Group, whose worldwide sales of fiber optic telecommunications cables, energy transmission cables and related products and services exceed $3 billion annually.
The Pirelli Group, based in Milan, Italy, also is a major producer of tires and has overall revenues exceeding $6 billion.
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/CONTACT: Richard C. Deming of Pirelli Cables North America, 201-377-7004, or Ted Baron of Teb Baron, Inc., 212-840-7815, for Pirelli Cables North America/

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